INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. VI, Laws     (Compiled from February 10, 1939 to January 13, 1971)

Washington : Government Printing Office

PUBLIC LAWS OF THE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1970
Public Law 91-224 | Public Law 91-229 | Public Law 91-230 | Public Law 91-240 | Public Law 91-251 | Public Law 91-258 | Public Law 91-259 | Public Law 91-264 | Public Law 91-274 | Public Law 91-275 | Public Law 91-283 | Public Law 91-290 | Public Law 91-305 | Public Law 91-335 | Public Law 91-361 | Public Law 91-362 | Public Law 91-364 | Public Law 91-386 | Public Law 91-400 | Public Law 91-401 | Public Law 91-403 | Public Law 91-404 | Public Law 91-413 | Public Law 91-416 | Public Law 91-417 | Public Law 91-420 | Public Law 91-424 | Public Law 91-471 | Public Law 91-478 | Public Law 91-489 | Public Law 91-495 | Public Law 91-501 | Public Law 91-523 | Public Law 91-542 | Public Law 91-550 | Public Law 91-557 | Public Law 91-581 | Public Law 91-605 | Public Law 91-609 | Public Law 91-627 | Public Law 91-644 | Public Law 91-665 | Public Law 91-695

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Public Law 91-644
January 2, 1971 | [H. R. 17825] 84 Stat. 1880

AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and for other purposes.
Section 4

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970".

TITLE I—OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT AMENDMENTS

GRANTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES

SEC. 4.

Part C of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended as follows:

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(3) Subsection (c) of section 301 is amended to read as follows:

"(c) The portion of any Federal grant made under this section for the purposes of paragraph (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be up to 75 per centum of the cost of the program or project specified in the application for such grant. The portion of any Federal grant made under this section for the purposes of paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of this section may be up to 50 per centum of the cost of the program or project specified in the application for such grant. The portion of any Federal grant made under this section to be used for any other purpose set forth in this section may be up to 75 per centum of the cost of the program or project specified in the application for such grant. No part of any grant made under this section for the purpose of renting, leasing, or constructing buildings or other physical facilities shall be used for land acquisition. In the case of a grant under this section to an Indian tribe or other aboriginal group, if the Administration determines that the tribe or group does not have sufficient funds available to meet the local share of the cost of any program or project to be funded under the grant, the Administration may increase the Federal share of the cost thereof to the extent it deems necessary. Effective July 1, 1972, at least 40 per centum of the non-Federal funding of the cost of any program or project to be funded by a grant under this section shall be of money appropriated in the aggregate, by State or individual unit of government, for the purpose of the. shared funding of such programs or projects."

(8) Section 306 is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 306. (a) The funds appropriated each fiscal year to make grants under this part shall be allocated by the Administration as follows:

"(1) Eighty-five per centum of such funds shall be allocated among the States according to their respective populations for grants to State planning agencies.

"(2) Fifteen per centum of such funds, plus any additional amounts made available by virtue of the application of the provisions of sections 305 and 509 of this title to the grant of any State, may, in the discretion of the Administration, be allocated among the States for grants to State planning agencies, units of general local government, or combinations of such units, according to the criteria and on the terms and conditions the Administration determines consistent with this title.

Any grant made from funds available under paragraph (2) of this subsection may be up to 75 per centum of the cost of the program or project for which such grant is made. No part of any grant under such paragraph for the purpose of renting, leasing, or constructing buildings or other physical facilities shall be used for land acquisition. In the case of a grant under such paragraph to an Indian tribe or other aboriginal group, if the Administration determines that the tribe or group does not have sufficient funds available to meet the local share of the costs of any program or project to be funded under the grant, the Administration may increase the Federal share of the cost thereof to the extent it deems necessary. The limitations on the expenditure of portions of grants for the compensation of personnel in subsection (d) of section 301 of this title shall apply to a grant under such paragraph. Effective July 1, 1972, at least 40 per centum of the non-Federal funding of the cost of any program or project to be funded by a grant under such paragraph shall be of money appropriated in the aggregate, by State or individual unit of government, for the purpose of the shared funding of such programs or projects.

Approved, January 2, 1971.

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